Dallas Lee Kincaid (1925 - 1944)

Born 4 Feb 1925 in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Jun 1944 at age 19 in English Channel, At Sea (lost at sea in aircraft)

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Biography

Sgt Dallas Kincaid served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started:
Unit(s): 862 Bomb Sq, 493 Bomb Group (H)
Service ended: 6 Jun 1944 (Killed in Action)

Dallas was born in 1925. He was the son of Dallas Kincaid Onie Walker. He passed away on D-day : 6 Jun 1944.

Uncle Dal died during the invasion of Normandy returning to England in a B 24...

Dallas served in the 862nd Bomber Squadron, 493rd Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sgt. and Tail Gunner. On D-Day after an aborted mission to France in support of Operation Overlord, due to heavy cloud cover, they were returning to base when they collided with another plane in their group, and both crashed into the western English Channel. All men on both crews were declared "Missing in Action". Dallas received the following medals: Air Medal, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Army Good Conduct Medal and European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign.

Sources

• "Kansas State Census, 1925", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJ9-TGNF : 14 October 2019), Dallas Kincade in entry for Dallas Kincade, .
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QP-2ZK : accessed 24 February 2022), Dallas L Kincaid in household of Dallas D Kincaid, Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 30, sheet 26A, line 18, family 722, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 712; FHL microfilm 2,340,447.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K99Q-4DY : 6 January 2021), Dallas Kinkaid in household of Ellis Kinkaid, Douglas, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94-82, sheet 11B, line 77, family 247, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2271.
• Glenda Cagle niece
• Narrative of loss of the B-24 "Moby Dick" on the longest day. Dallas Lee is the crew member in the bottom row extreme right he was the tail gunner... contrary to the labeling on this web site.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56351606/dallas-lee-kincaid : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Sgt. Dallas Lee Kincaid (4 Feb 1925–6 Jun 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #56351606, citing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France ; Maintained by Phaedra Kincaid Swearengin (contributor 49070054). (cenotaph in France)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67876233/dallas-lee-kincaid : accessed 24 February 2022), memorial page for Dallas Lee Kincaid (4 Feb 1925–6 Jun 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #67876233, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Judy Mayfield (contributor 46636512). Cenotaph in Independence Kansas.
• There is a third cenotaph (brick) for him at a veterans memorial around a flagpole in a public park in downtown Hastings, Nebraska.